How do I use custom made (dowloaded) shipsets?

[Lucanos]

.emp files are LOADED at game startup while clicking "Add Existing". These files are created by SAVING an empire at startup or in the game (not recommended). If you want to play any of the downloaded races you should click "Add New".

From there (Add New) you have accessed the "Empire Setup" and you should find the new pictures under "general details" - at the scrollbar.

The only hangup is that you hafta distribute your race's points by yourself.

See if you can find an *.emp file in the zip folder so you can click "Add existing" instead.

These *.emp files should be placed in the SEIV/empires folder. (SEIV=gamefolder)

And don't forget to remove all races from your pictures/races folder that you don't wanna play against - or there is a chance that the game will select them as computer opponents. This really sucks if these races lack proper AI files.

Regards,

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